deepseasnake Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 hey guys found a bald spot on nikki and upon closer inspection I found a large lump about the size of a quarter with a dark scab on one side. he doesnt mind me touching it and it is definatly full of fluid. I tried giving it a little squeeze and it kinda bubbled up like there was some kind of membrane in there. I did notice behind the "skin" of the membrane there was a dark brown maybe a little grey thing about the diam of a tick tac. Is it a tick? pet hospital is closed right now and I just noticed it. So I live in WA prolly doesnt have anything to do with it but I know I've never had a dog with any ticks so not sure if it is or isnt. Anyway thanks for any help I get and as always I miss being able to check in here everyday it's just not possible anymore :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooshie Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 well look what the cat dragged in......nice to see you again, Deep! Been awhile :D Sorry, can't help with your tick diagnosis :-? ...it SOUNDS like it may very well be a tick but without a pic I am useless :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepseasnake Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 hey smooshmiester, what the heck, you still havent beat me in posts yet girl, you better get on it :wink: no but whats up? hows the dogs and all that? I'm gonna try to take a cell phone pic, it might help although I'm thinking the quality wont really show anything, anyhow I'll give it a shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooshie Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 ahhh...what can I say?...I took a year off from the computer...my post count suffered :wink: Family is good....the Boxers are great! (We just added a new one to the pack....Flashy fawn female in the pic). So what's new with you??? Don't be such a stranger...sheesh! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepseasnake Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 DAM! just lost the whole freak'n post I wrote, gotta love Dogo :lol: So yeah, I'm doing well I've been working for my friend driving limos around town and making pretty good money. I also, just today, went to my first class taught by another friend in hopes to jump into the real estate game, I'm pretty excited about that. On a more forum appropriate note, a few months ago I got a new puppy named Tony, he's a yellow lab. Already at 7 months hes a full 85 lbs he's so frick'n strong there are times I cant muscle things away from him :o So yeah whos still around here? And if whoever IS still around here doesnt check in on this thread I'll re-instate the Harem and do some serious WHOOOOPIN!!! :evilbat: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Kat Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Hi there, it sounds like it could be a deeply embedded tick. If you have some alcohol dab a little onto the tick and see if it moves or relaxes. If it does then its likely a tick and it should emerge slightly to get more oxygen. If you can get tweezers then squeeze it gentlyaround the head and see if you can remove it intactly. Good luck. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooshie Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 K ! Don't be so greedy.....first Taurus, now Deep???? :evil: Back off lady! :x :x :x [size=2]Hmmm...I bet that sneaky Sasha is lurking around waiting for an opportunity too[/size] :evil: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooshie Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 [quote name='deepseasnake']DAM! just lost the whole freak'n post I wrote, gotta love Dogo :lol: So yeah, I'm doing well I've been working for my friend driving limos around town and making pretty good money. I also, just today, went to my first class taught by another friend in hopes to jump into the real estate game, I'm pretty excited about that. On a more forum appropriate note, a few months ago I got a new puppy named Tony, he's a yellow lab. Already at 7 months hes a full 85 lbs he's so frick'n strong there are times I cant muscle things away from him :o So yeah whos still around here? And if whoever IS still around here doesnt check in on this thread I'll re-instate the Harem and do some serious WHOOOOPIN!!! :evilbat: :lol:[/quote] Well...sounds like you've been a busy boy ! And who is Nikki? As far as the old gang, there's of course K (our fearless leader and new-mom-to-a-pitbull), Sasha, BK, Mouse, Mei-Mei, Corgi, Courtnek, HorseFeathers, etc. etc. (pretty much everyone except Hobbit) oh, and all sorts of new blood :evilbat: ...I myself have just returned to the madness recently :wink: ...ahhhh...its good to be home :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepseasnake Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 okay got pics it totally started to squirm when I dabbed alchohol on it so its definatly a tick. so now my question is how exactly do I get it out? If I just tweeze it wont the head come off or something like that? [img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile.php?id=142524&toggle=fullsize&f=.jpg[/img] and smoosh here is nikki [img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile.php?id=142523&toggle=fullsize&f=.jpg[/img] he's my little mutt that acts like a chick so I gave him a girl name :D K, I thought of you the other day, Nightwish is playing a show here next month and I saw an add for it so I thought I should check them out just for you. so who pissed of hobbit? or is it too fresh to talk about :-? what about Newfiemom and the little vietnam girl I was always getting so irritated at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepseasnake Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 now, whos this taurus fellow!? :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESSlover Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 i got the evil [color=red]x[/color] :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooshie Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I got the dreaded [color=red]x[/color]'s too... Oh yes, Newfiemom is still here...as for the girl from vietnam..is it the one with the lab? ("duck" I think the dog's name was)..if so, haven't seen her. Hobbit was gone when I came back here....not sure what happened...I think there was an illness of some sort?? ahhhh...Taurus <sigh>......well Taurus is just about the most gorgeous thing we'vwe ever laid eyes on. He has taken over as ALPHA of the harem around here......just ask K...or Sash...or Hillside...or....or :wink: as for your tick, yes you need to make sure the head is extracted... try this: [url]http://pets1st.com/articles/00082RemovingATickFromYourDog.asp[/url] Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepseasnake Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 okay I think I fixed it, my picture hosts always change the URLs after a certain aloted time or something it gets quite annoying. so taurus took my place huh, I'll have to do some digging and make sure he's treatin you girls right AND that he's busting trollers out like he should the guard dog of dogo is not a job for the meek!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahmyjoy Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 oh geesse! that is.... I have never seen one that deep in the skin before....I hope everything comes out clean and pup is doing good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooshie Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Ughhh...yup...thats a tick. awww...Nikki is a cutie. What is he ? oh and uhhh Deep?...you can relax...Taurus is a [i]dog[/i]. His "mom" posts here. But what a beautiful specimen he is ! the red Pittie in these pics... [url]http://forum.dogomania.com/viewtopic.php?t=14592[/url] :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepseasnake Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 this is the weirdest thing I've ever seen [img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile.php?id=142540&toggle=fullsize&f=.jpg[/img] is that really a tick? I thought ticks were totally differant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooshie Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 :o ...ya got me on that one. If it IS a tick, I have never seen one like [i]that[/i]........but then again I don't see many ticks. That thing is huge...I would take it to the vet with you and see what they say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahmyjoy Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 that doesnt look like any tick I have seen. On pages that i have read about tick removal they alwasy say to put it in achocol(sp?) to kill it, maybe that will keep it to get it to the vet.... well bet your pet is feeling lots better :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepseasnake Posted August 27, 2004 Author Share Posted August 27, 2004 well just got back from the vet hosp. the doc there said this is only the 2nd one he'd seen in 20years that came out of a dog. usually they live in cows. I'm not even going to try to remember what the name of it was but its basically a fly that pokes a little mosquito hole and lays an egg that feeds off the host until it gets the size of this thing at which point it turns into a new fly. scary shit man, that thing freaked me out, hell its still is freaking me out. the picture isnt totally accurate because he's all contracted, when he's fully extended he's easily a bit longer than the match *shudder* poor dog glad I got the demon out though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESSlover Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! That is so nasty! Your puppers is ok now, tho, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepseasnake Posted August 27, 2004 Author Share Posted August 27, 2004 yeah whats crazy is he didnt fight me at all when I was trying to pull it out. He didnt cry, whine, yelp or try to get away which told me it must have been bugging him enough to let me try to do what I could. Ugh that thing is gonna give nightmares tonight watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooshie Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Nice.....hey, you could always sell the rights to Steven King(he is after all, the [i]guru of nightmares[/i] )..maybe make some money off the nasty little bloodsucker. :wink: So glad Nikki is feeling better ! Give him a scritch behind the ears for me :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepseasnake Posted August 27, 2004 Author Share Posted August 27, 2004 K if I ever end up on that side of the world you are the first person I'm gonna look up :D same for smoosh if I ever end up in her neck of the woods :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Kat Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 aha lovely example of a warble fly larvae. Glad that you managed to get the little bugger out. Poor Nikki having that stuck in him. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooshie Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 [quote name='deepseasnake']K if I ever end up on that side of the world you are the first person I'm gonna look up :D same for smoosh if I ever end up in her neck of the woods :wink:[/quote] :lol: ya don't WANT to end up in [i]my[/i] neck of the woods, Deep......the bugs are even NASTIER here. Have you ever seen a Palmetto bug? :o As far as K's neck of the woods...I vote we gather up the gang and have a "Dogo retreat" at K's new house :D :drinking: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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